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Dozens of text editors are available for use with Linux. Some alternatives might be in your Linux distribution. You can try them out if you find vi to be too taxing. Here are some of the options:

 nano: This popular, streamlined text editor is used with many bootable Linux systems and other limited-space Linux environments. For example, nano is available to edit text files during a Gentoo Linux install process.

 gedit: The GNOME text editor runs on the desktop.

 jed: This screen-oriented editor was made for programmers. Using colors, jed can highlight code that you create so that you can easily read the code and spot syntax errors. Use the Alt key to select menus to manipulate your text.

 joe: The joe editor is similar to many PC text editors. Use control and arrow keys to move around. Press Ctrl+C to exit with no save or Ctrl+X to save and exit.

 kate: This nice-looking editor comes in the kdebase package. It has lots of bells and whistles, such as highlighting for different types of programming languages and controls for managing word wrap.

 kedit: This GUI-based text editor comes with the KDE desktop.

 mcedit: In this editor, function keys help you get around, save, copy, move, and delete text. Like jed and joe, mcedit is screen oriented. It comes in the mc package in RHEL and Fedora.

  nedit : This is an excellent programmer's editor. You need to install the optional nedit package to get this editor.

If you use ssh to log in to other Linux computers on your network, you can use any available text editor to edit files. If you use ssh -X to connect to the remote system, a GUI-based editor pops up on your local screen. When no GUI is available, you need a text editor that runs in the shell, such as vi, jed, or joe.